Quantifying flow in variably wet microporous carbonates using object-based geological modeling and both lattice-Boltzmann and pore-network fluid flow simulations

S. R. Harland, R. A. Wood, A. Curtis, M. I. J. van Dijke, K. Stratford, Z. Jiang, W. Kallel, and K. Sorbie

AAPG Bulletin

... prediction of fluid-flow behavior and therefore hydrocarbon recovery. Predicting such properties for carbonate rocks can be a particularly complex task because...

Evaluating Seal Capacity of Cap Rocks and Intraformational Barriers for CO2 Containment

Richard F. Daniel, John G. Kaldi

AAPG Special Volumes

... capillary pressure analysis has been used extensively in the petroleum industry to determine the effectiveness of the top seal in relation to hydrocarbon...

Process-Based Microfluidics: Tools for Quantifying the Impact of Reservoir Quality on Recovery Factor

Lucas Mejia, Ayaz Mehmani, Matthew Balhoff, Carlos Torres-Verdin

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... with the matrix flow behavior. Further research is required to determine a threshold for vug/dissolved region size to pore-scale ratio at which binary filling...

Artificial Lift Selection and Its Applications for Deep Horizontal Wells in the Unconventional Reservoirs

Piyush Pankaj, Katherine Escobar Patron, Haidan Lu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...” pump. It can be seen from the results that rod pumps are not applicable because of the depths of the applications and required flow rates...

Sorrento Field

Editors: Edward D. Dolly and James C. Mullarkey

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... producing 102 BOPD, 847 MCFGPD & 119 BWPD. The Mt. Pearl-Sorrento producing trend is a very significant hydrocarbon accumulation in Cheyenne County...

Permeability Jail and Implications for “Basin Centered Gas” Production and Resource Assessment, by Robert M. Cluff, Keith W. Shanley, and Alan P. Byrnes

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Permeability Jail and Implications for "Basin Centered Gas" Production and Resource Assessment, by Robert M. Cluff, Keith W. Shanley, Alan P. Byrnes; #90030 (2004)

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Permeability Jail and Implications for “Basin Centered Gas” Production and Resource Assessment, by Robert M. Cluff, Keith W. Shanley, and Alan P. Byrnes; #90042 (2005)

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Design Support for Texaco CO2 Flooding Projects

R. L. Gardenas, A. J. Nute

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... because of the availability of relatively inexpensive hydrocarbon gases. Miscible flooding with LPG and enriched gases has been practiced for some time...

High-Resolution Three-Dimensional Characterization of Pore Networks in Shale Reservoir Rocks

Soheil Saraji, Mohammad Piri

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... Finally, the implications of the results in better understanding of the hydrocarbon flow in the shale rock are discussed. Methods Sample Preparation...

Predicting Reservoir Quality at the Development Scale: Methods for Quantifying Remaining Hydrocarbon Resource in Diagenetically Complex Carbonate Reservoirs

R.P. Major, Mark H. Holtz

AAPG Special Volumes

... of similar pore-throat size. Capillary-pressure curves may be used to estimate original water and hydrocarbon saturations in various rock types provided...

Incorporating Effect of Maturity and Organic Richness in Petrophysical Analysis of Shales

Saeed Zargari, Manika Prasad

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... which store considerable volume of non-expelled hydrocarbon. Target zones in self-resourcing petroleum systems differ depending on the organic...

Modeling of Fluid Injection in Depleted Parent Wells to Minimize Damage Due to Frac-Hits

Deepen P. Gala, Ripudaman Manchanda, Mukul Sharma

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and effective stresses, pore pressures, fluid saturations, fluid viscosities, total fluid compressibility and compositions of hydrocarbon components...

Pore Geometry of Sedimentary Rocks Elementary Capillary Theory

Perry O. Roehl

Bulletin of South Texas Geological Society

... is required in the form of buoyant hydrocarbon pressure in order to overcome the interparticle capillary water pressure. The hydrocarbon pressure...

A Novel Methodology of Using Well Log Analyses to Identify Brownfield and Greenfield ROZs in the Illinois Basin, #42524 (2020).

Nathan P. Grigsby, Nathan D. Webb, Scott M. Frailey

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... saturation, the moveable hydrocarbon index, bulk volume water, and apparent water resistivity to pick the top and base of the main pay zone (MPZ...

Chapter 10: Petrophysical and Mechanical Properties of Organic-rich Shales and Their Influences on Fluid Flow

Fred P. Wang, Ursula Hammes, Robert Reed, Tongwei Zhang, Xiaohu Tang, Qinghui Li

AAPG Special Volumes

... likely caused by hydrocarbon generation and expulsion at high temperatures and pressures, are closely associated with connate-water saturations...

ARE CLINTON SAND FLOODS ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE?

H. C. Slider, The East Ohio Gas Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio Geological Society

... of interest and is indicated in Tables II and III for the "dry hole" cores analyzed at the Ohio State University. Saturations were not run...

Evaluating Completion and Stimulation Effectiveness of Multi-Zone Wells with Production Logs

Mike Mullen, Mike Sagan, Gary Frisch

West Texas Geological Society

...-efficient way to answer these questions. When working with multi-zone wells, all the traditional methods of measuring completion effectiveness (flow-back...

Primary Migration of Petroleum: Chapter 2: PETROLEUM GENERATION AND MIGRATION

V. V. Palciauskas

AAPG Special Volumes

... "if most expulsion occurs by pressure-driven flow of a discrete hydrocarbon phase through the pores of shales and into the pores of adjacent...

Mesaverde Tight Gas Sandstone Sourcing from Underlying Mancos-Niobrara Shales; #10450 (2012)

Steve Cumella and Jay Scheevel

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..., and the Gibson Gulch graben. Mesaverde gas production is commonly enhanced in these areas. Very high capillary pressures are required to achieve the low...

Petrology and Petrophysics of the Lance Formation (Upper Cretaceous), American Hunter, Old Road Unit 1, Sublette County, Wyoming

J. C. Webb, S. G. Cluff, C. M. Murphy, A. P. Byrnes

AAPG Special Volumes

... saturations, representing water saturations at gas column heights of approximately 750 ft (230 m), range from 21 to 72%, in close agreement with log...

Integration of Whole Core, Drill Cuttings, and Well Log Data for Improved Characterization in the Wolfcamp Formation

Joel D Walls, Dan Buller, Anyela Morcote, Michael L. Everts, Bryan Guzman

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... is interbedded with inter-granular porosity and most of the hydrocarbon resource is likely to be stored in the PAOM. Ion-milled SEM data and 3D FIB-SEM data...

Natural Gas Hydrates: A Review

Timothy S. Collett, Arthur H. Johnson, Camelia C. Knapp, Ray Boswell

AAPG Special Volumes

... of the critical geologic events required for the formation and preservation of a hydrocarbon accumulation (i.e., hydrocarbon generation, migration...

Computerized Database Applications to the Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group of the Lloydminster Area, Canada: Principles, Concepts and Approaches.

Peter E. Putnam, J. Edward Klovan

CSPG Bulletin

... (Fig. 5b) shows a high or consistent degree of correlation. DETERMINATION OF HYDROCARBON AND WATER CONTENT Fluid types, saturations and petrophysical...

Production Analysis and Forecasting of Vaca Muerta Shale in Argentina: Case History-Based Approach

Leonardo Maschio, S. Maria, F. Herrero

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...derson, if a well is flowing under boundary dominated flow, “RTA would provide a reliable characterization of hydrocarbon pore volume”. Howeve...